A power point outlining a breif history of the North Korean dynastic dictatorships.

1. The Great Leaders
The North Korean Communist Dynasty.

2. Kim Il Sung’s Rise to Power
Kim Il Sung 1946
 In 1945 Kim Il Sung was installed by the USSR
as the leader of the Provisional People’s
committee
 He gained widespread support for his promotion
of Korean nationalism in the face of latent
Japanese occupation
 He did not become the official ruler of the

3. 41 years of silence.
 Between the ceasefire of 1953 and Kim Il Sung’s
death in 1994, not much about North Korea was
leaked into the outside world.
 Scarce intelligence reports revealed that Kim was
planning on investigating nuclear research in the
early 990’s to overcome energy shortages.
 Shortly before his death, he was visited by U.S.
president Jimmy carter to discuss the international
implications of nuclear power research. Shockingly
he agreed to comply with Carter’s requests.
 Before international relationships could improve, Kim
Il Sung died from a heart attack at age 82.

4. First Transition of Power
 After the largely public death of North Korea’s
first ‘dear leader’ there was international
tension as to how the volatile, antisocial,
state would handle its government.
 After three years Kim Jong Il, Sung’s son,
managed to consolidate his power as
Chairman of North Korea.
 Unlike his father, Kim Jong Il made little effort
to bother improving contact with the rest of
the world. His stubborn refusal to accept aid
or participate in foreign commerce
contributed to the 1994 Korean famine, one
of the worst in the 20th century.

5. 17 years of anxiety
 Kim Jong Il’s continued the nuclear weapons
research abandoned by his father, violating
the agreement between president Carter and
Kim Il Sung in 1994.
 Even after the advent of cell phones and the
internet, North Korea remained largely silent.
Technology and the media are strictly
regulated to keep the population oblivious to
the rest of the world.
 On october 9th 2008, Korean news
announced the success of an underground
Nuclear test, making North Korea the world’s
eighth nuclear military.

6. Tension after 2008
 In 2008 speculation of Kim Jong Il’s waning
health begin to leak out of North Korea,
accompanying the dear leader’s increased
political activity.
 Between 2008 and 2011, Korean militaristic
activity began to escalate. Several tests of
long and short range missiles were
conducted, with at least two instances of
violence resulting in the sinking of a south
Korean trade ship.

7. Kim Jong Un
 Kim Jong Il’s sudden death prompted
another round of international
insecurity reminiscent of his father’s
death in 1994.
 Currently, the heir apparent of North
Korea is Kim Jong Il’s youngest son
Kim Jong Un.
 Given his lack of experience as a
leader, no one can say for sure how
the future of this isolated nation will